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00:21 Hello and welcome to Jesus for Asia NOW.
00:23 I'm Natalie Wood and I have my husband Jon here
00:26 with me on the show.
00:27 Honey, when Christ was here on earth,
00:28 how did He minister to people?
00:30 He spent a lot of His time meeting people's needs,
00:33 where their needs were.
00:34 And there is a quote about that in the ministry of healing.
00:37 "Christ's method alone will give true success
00:39 in reaching the people.
00:41 The Savior mingled with men as one who desired their good.
00:44 He showed His sympathy for them,
00:46 ministered to their needs, and won their confidence.
00:49 Then, he bade them, 'Follow me.'
00:51 So then, it's like a three-step process.
00:55 So Christ demonstrated in physical ways
00:58 that He had their best interest in His heart.
01:01 So He demonstrated something that was intangible
01:04 by something that was tangible.
01:07 So Jesus went out, He healed the people,
01:09 He did nice things for people
01:10 until He earned their confidence.
01:13 Honey, what project do we want to talk about today
01:15 that is an example of showing love in order to share Jesus?
01:20 Well, this is a project
01:21 that meets a very, very basic need,
01:24 so basic that we often just take it for granted
01:27 here in North America
01:29 and that is-- everyone needs to drink water
01:32 and use water in their everyday life.
01:34 So we're gonna talk about clean drinking water today?
01:37 Yes.
01:38 Because in many parts of world,
01:40 people don't have access to clean drinking water
01:42 and it's a really tough struggle.
01:44 We've been aware of this issue for a number of years,
01:47 but it wasn't until recently
01:48 that we could actually do something about it.
01:50 Yeah, you know, whenever we traveled to India,
01:52 we would look and see
01:53 how people were getting their water,
01:55 and especially, like when I went to Mumbai
01:57 and went to the slums
01:59 and saw people lining up with their little buckets
02:02 with water that came on once a day for a short time
02:06 and people get as much water as they could
02:08 and they would have to live
02:09 out of that water,
02:10 and then we went out to the country,
02:13 we did an evangelist series,
02:14 as you remember, with our family.
02:16 Yes.
02:17 And the people there were sharing with us
02:19 how difficult it was for them to have clean water
02:21 for cooking, for drinking.
02:24 This was a little village out in the middle of nowhere
02:26 and they were getting the government water also.
02:30 Well, we have a clip that kind of explains it.
02:32 Right.
02:33 Now this video is special
02:35 because what we did was we sent a team to India
02:38 to document what was going on there
02:40 and they were inspired to compare that
02:42 with our lives here in America.
02:44 So you'll see an American family
02:46 in this video
02:47 and they are challenged by the water situation in India
02:53 and it is bit of a perspective comparison.
02:56 It's entertaining, to say the least.
03:02 Water, we use it for many things
03:04 often without thinking about how much we use,
03:08 but what if your water was limited?
03:12 What if that water wasn't always safe to drink?
03:15 What If you only got access to water
03:18 a few times a month?
03:19 That's the situation with many villages in India
03:22 including this one.
03:29 I'm Kirk with Jesus for Asia.
03:31 And we're here to discover
03:33 what we can do to help these people
03:36 find consistently available pure water.
04:18 It's hard to imagine that 97 million people in India
04:22 lack access to safe water.
04:27 The second largest country in the world by population,
04:30 India is rich with culture and resources.
04:34 With a growing economy and advancing technology,
04:38 yet with such growth,
04:40 the nation as a whole faces a monumental challenge.
04:45 Jesus for Asia has many projects
04:47 throughout India
04:48 and we have realized that the need for clean water
04:52 is a huge evangelistic opportunity
04:55 to share the love of Jesus with these beautiful people.
04:59 So a team was sent to research
05:01 how we can help provide clean water to those in need.
05:07 Water is one of the most
05:09 basic needs of every human being on earth.
05:12 People understand that water is not optional.
05:15 It's a necessity.
05:17 That's why for thousands of years,
05:19 cities have been built near sources of fresh water,
05:24 but for the village of Bharathy Nagar,
05:26 there is no local water source.
05:29 The only source of fresh water comes from the government
05:32 and that is heavily rationed.
05:34 We asked Jesus for Asia India director Israel Prasad
05:38 to explain the situation to us.
05:45 In this village there is a lot of difficulty with the water,
05:49 getting good water, regular water.
05:52 Weekly once, they get government water,
05:55 and that to, it's only for one hour.
05:58 And that is not regular.
06:00 Sometimes they get and sometimes they don't get.
06:03 During the one hour time,
06:05 four families will take water in one tap.
06:08 So the first family will be taking
06:11 three pots of water.
06:13 And once they're done with three pots,
06:15 then the next family will be taking.
06:17 So it is like that with the four,
06:19 and by the time it comes to the next,
06:22 if the water is still coming, they'll go for the next round.
06:26 And then, if some more water comes, you know,
06:29 they will go for the third round.
06:30 Which means, per family,
06:33 the maximum water is 90 liters of water per week.
06:38 The whole week, they have to spend with that water only.
06:41 So that water is not only the water
06:43 that they cook with, it's the water they bathe with,
06:46 and the water they drink.
06:47 Yes, drink. They do.
06:49 That's not very much water. Yes.
06:50 They have a lot of difficulties.
06:54 Ninety liters of water is equivalent to 23.8 gallons.
07:00 But there are weeks they don't even get 90 liters.
07:06 We have to go walking and look for water.
07:09 They will go nearly 6 to 7 kilometers
07:13 to get good drinking water.
07:15 Wow.
07:16 Mostly, the ladies will go walking.
07:18 They keep one on their head, another one on their hip,
07:23 and they bring two at a time.
07:25 Now, that's pretty heavy. Very heavy.
07:27 Sometimes we find water close,
07:29 and sometimes we have to walk many kilometres to find water.
07:34 Oh, I just can't imagine.
07:35 I can't imagine doing that in the heat.
07:38 It's really difficult.
07:39 But anyhow, they have to survive, you know.
07:42 And they have to use their water
07:44 very sparingly, I would imagine.
07:46 Exactly.
07:47 You can imagine 90 liters of water for one week.
07:50 Washing and bathing are very challenging
07:53 with so little water.
07:56 Just think how much you appreciate
08:00 clean, pure drinking water.
08:03 How much do you appreciate
08:05 that you don't have to walk 7 kilometers
08:07 to go get water every day?
08:09 How much do you appreciate
08:11 that every time you turn on your tap,
08:13 you have water?
08:14 Well, this village,
08:16 as you have seen from our previous footage,
08:18 they don't have that luxury.
08:20 This should be a basic fundamental...
08:25 What am I trying to say?
08:26 This should be a need that everyone has met,
08:30 food and water.
08:31 Those are basic needs in life.
08:34 It's difficult for us to imagine a life like that.
08:40 I wanted to see what it would be like
08:42 for an American family
08:43 to live with the same amount of water
08:46 that the villagers in Bharathy Nagar get.
08:49 So I went to visit my good friends Brain and Chris
08:51 and their three children, Lillian, Sarah and Luke,
08:55 and challenged them to see if they could live
08:58 on such a limited supply of water.
09:01 The average American family of four uses
09:04 2,100 to 2,800 gallons of water per week.
09:09 That is equivalent to 300 to 400 gallons per day.
09:14 A family in Bharathy Nagar
09:16 gets a maximum of 90 liters of water a week,
09:20 which is equivalent to 23.8 gallons.
09:23 That is only 3.4 gallons a day.
09:30 One, two, three,
09:34 3.4 gallons of water a day.
09:41 For the whole family? For the whole family.
09:45 Can you survive your whole family
09:48 on 3.4 gallons of water for a day?
09:54 I don't know. How will we do that?
10:00 No dishwasher.
10:02 No laundry.
10:04 No showers.
10:07 No flushing the toilet.
10:09 We're not going to do anything?
10:27 Hello!
10:36 I've come to Bethel Children's Home in South India
10:39 because I heard they were having some trouble
10:41 with the water
10:42 and I wanted to find out from Israel Prasad
10:45 if the situation had improved.
10:48 We had water in this well
10:50 when I first came to see this property,
10:52 and later, it got fully dried up.
10:55 There was no water.
10:57 So there was a problem with the water.
10:59 Then we thought of putting a borewell,
11:02 you know, a deep well.
11:04 We went up to thousand feet, and there was no water.
11:08 And while drilling, it was just smoke.
11:11 Really? Yeah.
11:12 There was no water at all.
11:14 But, you know, we prayed, and the children prayed,
11:18 and so many prayed, God gave us water.
11:21 We have enough of water for the daily needs.
11:24 God gave them water because they prayed.
11:28 When at first, there was no water in the well,
11:30 a local witch doctor told them
11:32 that if they had let him perform a "puja,"
11:34 there would have been water.
11:36 They refused and prayed to God.
11:39 And now they have water and the whole village knows
11:42 that it was their God who provided the water.
11:46 But unfortunately, it is little salty, you know,
11:49 it can't be used for drinking purposes,
11:52 for cooking purposes, you know.
11:54 Even sometimes, if you pour for the plants,
11:57 even the plants are not really growing up.
12:01 And we are still praying that God would change
12:03 that saltiness into tasty so that it will be useful
12:07 for the children and for the daily needs.
12:10 We have 16 orphans right now here.
12:13 And with the hopes of bringing in many more,
12:15 so we're going to need pure water for the orphans
12:20 and water for the agricultural needs
12:23 as well.
12:24 And Right now we are having a very difficult time
12:26 with this water,
12:27 because we are getting government water,
12:30 it comes once in a week sometimes.
12:33 And sometimes 15 days, once, it comes.
12:36 We cannot really rely on that.
12:39 And we are in need of good drinking water.
12:52 We would probably drink all of it, but, like, one.
12:56 We'd re-use the water for dishes, right?
12:59 What about rinsing them?
13:02 What about bathing?
13:05 Take a shower once a week.
13:08 And we'd save the water.
13:10 We'd all have to use the same bathing water,
13:13 unless we all used like this much.
13:16 I mean like, half of this.
13:19 And we would use...
13:20 How would you get the soap out of your hair?
13:21 Very carefully.
13:23 And we would use these two to drink.
13:25 And not to mention eating.
13:26 I mean, you have to have water to cook with.
13:30 One day you have to wash dishes for the week.
13:34 I don't how that works.
13:35 One day you have to take bath,
13:37 one day you have to wash all the laundry.
13:40 All the laundry in this?
13:42 Well, um, we need drink less that day.
13:44 Could we really wash all five outfits
13:47 in that much water?
13:50 We have to drink very less.
13:52 Now we have this part.
13:53 Now we have two. Okay.
13:55 So now we have this for flushing the toilet,
13:57 doing dishes, washing...
14:03 How long would you use one and a half of these.
14:05 Okay, so...
14:06 And how many times to we flush?
14:08 We can only do that once a day, maybe.
14:12 Well, I mean, you have to.
14:14 We could never flush the toilet, Mom.
14:16 Chris.
14:20 Do you want water or do you want the shovel?
14:29 Brian, how much water does this take to run?
14:32 Oh, probably only about 15 gallons.
14:35 Uh, won't do that.
15:03 So, honey, do you think, you could survive
15:05 with just that little amount of water?
15:07 Ooh. I know I would struggle.
15:09 Yeah, I can't imagine how you would manage
15:12 that little water for a whole week, for a family?
15:15 Incredible. Can you, as a woman?
15:17 No, no, I can't.
15:19 But you know,
15:20 the beautiful thing in that video
15:21 is they started talking about where to provide the water.
15:25 And that's one thing we want to point people to.
15:28 In Psalms 145:16, it says, "Thou openest thy hand,
15:31 and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. "
15:35 And so it's taking about where the provision comes from.
15:38 Thinking about that,
15:39 what about the birds and the animals?
15:42 I believe what the Psalms is still seeing
15:45 is that behind those mechanisms of feeding
15:48 is God designing a plan for these birds
15:52 or for these animals to get fed.
15:55 And so you see that God uses laws and rules and mechanisms
16:00 as His servants.
16:01 His tools.
16:03 And sometimes, God uses people to do His work as well.
16:07 What a privilege that is. It is a privilege.
16:10 He provides ways that we can enter
16:12 into His work of providing for His creation.
16:15 And as we enter in, then we enter into His heart
16:18 and we experience the same joy that He does.
16:20 Right.
16:21 And there is another verse that says,
16:23 "At you right hand are pleasures for evermore. "
16:27 And so it's like, His hand is there working
16:30 and His hand is there enjoying so we can be a part of that.
16:34 The greatest pleasure I've ever experienced
16:37 is doing God's work,
16:38 being a part of feeding God's kids.
16:40 And so I love the idea that this pastor came up with.
16:43 This village happens to have an SDA church in it.
16:47 So if we drill on the church's property,
16:49 the source of physical water is...
16:51 Very near to the source of...
16:53 The Water of Life. The Water of Life.
16:54 Exactly.
16:55 So it's a brilliant idea of a way to...
16:58 Encourage a relationship.
16:59 Yeah, 'cause the villagers
17:01 will be coming there every day,
17:02 and providing this water freely is a way
17:05 that they can serve the village.
17:07 Right, so the next section of video we want to share,
17:10 tell us about that.
17:11 The Lord has provided enough
17:13 that we can actually drill a well in this village.
17:16 And it's really exciting.
17:18 And the prayer that's involved with getting water in this well
17:22 is just really powerful.
17:29 Today is an exciting day
17:31 for the village of Bharathy Nagar.
17:33 Through the generous contributions of donors
17:36 in North America,
17:37 Jesus for Asia was able to hire a crew
17:40 to drill a well next to the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
17:45 A nearby Hindu temple
17:46 had attempted to drill a well seven months ago,
17:49 but they did not find any water.
17:52 We're praying earnestly
17:54 that God will provide water in our well
17:57 to be a witness to the whole village
17:59 of his power and love.
18:36 So this well that I know God is gonna bring water from today
18:41 is gonna make a huge impact on this village.
18:45 Definitely, yes.
18:47 It's going be a blessing for all the village people.
18:50 And that is the reason we have put this well here.
18:54 And our church is not going to be a church
18:58 only for Seventh-day Adventists.
19:01 It's going to be a place
19:03 where people will quench their thirst
19:05 from today on.
19:07 Wonderful.
19:08 So we thank the Lord for this beautiful project,
19:10 the vision for this project.
19:12 Absolutely, that's great.
19:13 I mean what a testimony it can be in this village,
19:17 where not everyone is a Christian.
19:19 Exactly, you're right.
19:21 It's going to bring a very good impact
19:24 on our church.
19:25 It sounds like we need to do this
19:27 in quite a few other villages.
19:28 Oh, yes.
19:29 There are so many other villages
19:31 where they don't have water.
19:32 Some places they have, but it's salty water,
19:35 but still people are using the same salty water.
19:38 So we're in need of more bores like this.
19:54 In Bharathy Nagar,
19:55 the borewell has been drilling for over seven hours
19:58 and scores of villagers have gathered
20:00 to watch the progress.
20:02 Two hundred and fifty feet down,
20:03 the drill struck water,
20:04 but it was not enough for a well,
20:06 so we had to keep drilling.
20:08 Since then, the drill has been spilling only dust.
20:12 And there is great worry that this well will also be dry
20:16 like the next to the Hindu temple.
20:18 Everyone is hoping and praying
20:21 that soon we will see a small change
20:23 in the color of the dust
20:25 indicating the presence of water.
20:29 Right now we are nearing about 760 feet.
20:33 And the dust which comes out is little wet,
20:37 and that's a very good sign.
20:58 When the borewell was drilling,
21:01 I just came to the backside of the church
21:05 to see those men who were drilling,
21:08 to talk to them, I was surprised to see,
21:11 there were two ladies at each side of the church,
21:15 crying bitterly, praying to the Lord
21:19 for the water.
21:21 You know, I was completely touched
21:24 because the whole church was praying.
21:28 Everyone was praying.
21:31 Because as you mentioned,
21:32 it is kind of like Satan didn't have water,
21:36 but the Living God, what is it with him, you know.
21:40 What is he going to do?
21:43 He did a miraculous thing.
21:51 We have prayed and prayed, not only one day or two days,
21:56 a very long time we prayed here in this chapel.
22:01 Really, God has answered our prayers.
22:05 Since we are praying here in faith, that faith, today,
22:12 we have seen with our eyes,
22:15 that bore well is already done here.
22:18 We will get water. Really, God is great.
22:22 He will help, not only with water, in every need,
22:26 our God will provide for us.
22:29 Unfortunately, we could not stay in the village
22:32 to taste the water,
22:33 but before we left for another area of India,
22:36 a couple of villagers came to our hotel
22:38 and brought a sample of the water
22:40 for Israel to taste.
22:42 The water is discolored
22:43 because of the grease from the drilling,
22:45 but all the greasy water will be pumped out
22:47 and it will be clear after that.
22:51 Is this water?
22:53 I mean a lot of the water x in India
22:55 can have a salty taste?
22:56 So you're gonna be able to determine
22:58 if this is salty or if it has sweet taste?
23:02 Yes.
23:04 Well, we're excited. Okay.
23:10 It is very nice, no salt,
23:12 only the grease taste was there.
23:15 You know, if all the grease and everything is gone,
23:18 the water is really tasty.
23:23 The Hindu people from across the street thought
23:26 we spent so much money but didn't find water,
23:29 but this morning, they saw the church members
23:31 letting a bottle down with a rope.
23:33 And when they pulled it up, there was water.
23:36 After the church member tasted the water,
23:39 a Hindu man tasted and said,
23:41 "Wow, it's nice drinking water. "
23:44 What an amazing witness for God,
23:47 despite the evidence that seemed to indicate
23:49 that drilling a well would be useless,
23:52 God blessed the faith and prayers of His people
23:55 by providing water in the well.
24:02 Pastor Gabriel is the minister
24:04 for Seventh-day Adventist church in Harur.
24:07 We asked him to explain in the potential impact
24:11 if we provide clean water for his village.
24:15 I think if we can drill a bore well
24:18 and purify the water and give to the people,
24:21 then through that, we can share the love of Jesus
24:24 and many people will turn from the world and follow Him.
24:28 I think of the Samaritan woman who met Jesus
24:31 while she went to get water.
24:33 And many people came to know about Him
24:35 because of her witness.
24:37 The same way, this place can be a blessing
24:40 if we have good water,
24:42 because the biggest need of this village is water.
24:46 If we give them good water
24:47 then they will be open to the gospel.
24:51 So when then pastor was talking
24:52 about the effectiveness of drilling a well
24:54 in his village
24:55 and how that would draw people to Jesus,
24:58 we can see that
24:59 the maximizing of the gospel outreach
25:02 as well as the temporal assistance.
25:05 This is something that would witness
25:07 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
25:09 You know, one thing I loved in that video is the testimony
25:13 that because the church members prayed, there was a difference.
25:17 The Hindu temple, they went way down
25:19 and didn't get any water.
25:20 And then the church members pray and they pray,
25:23 and it's obvious that they're praying
25:25 because they're standing there around the church
25:27 and the villagers know.
25:30 They see your God is strong.
25:31 Right. It's beautiful.
25:32 What a blessing. Yes.
25:33 You know, there are many more villages like that.
25:35 Thousands, thousands of villages out there
25:38 with a church that have the same problem
25:40 with not enough water, and so we can provide
25:43 for our brothers and sisters in Christ
25:45 as well as enabling them to be a bigger,
25:48 more active witness just by
25:50 opening that service up to the village.
25:52 Right.
25:53 And allowing them to be a part of the blessing.
25:55 So when the team came back,
25:57 this is what was on Kirk's heart.
26:01 Here in the "First World," our water supply is abundant.
26:05 As a matter of fact, my family and I use
26:08 more than 100 times the amount of water
26:11 that some families in India get in a day.
26:14 That got me thinking,
26:16 pure water is a basic human need,
26:19 as is the gospel.
26:21 No one should have to suffer for lack of water
26:24 or be poisoned by contaminated water,
26:27 especially the children.
26:29 Yet our brothers and sisters are suffering these dangers.
26:34 The water crisis in India
26:36 is a tremendous evangelistic opportunity
26:39 for the 97 million people
26:42 who lack access to pure water and a saving knowledge
26:46 of their only hope Jesus Christ.
26:49 While their biggest felt need is water,
26:51 the greater need is Christ.
26:54 While here on earth, He spent most of His ministry
26:57 meeting the felt needs of the people.
27:00 After winning their confidence,
27:01 they were then open to hear His teachings.
27:05 In providing pure water,
27:07 we're following Christ's example
27:09 by meeting their needs.
27:11 His love is seen in our actions and their hearts are softened,
27:16 the walls of prejudice are broken down.
27:19 When we drill a well on church property,
27:22 everyone who goes there to satisfy their thirst
27:25 is made aware of a greater thirst
27:28 that only Christ can quench.
27:32 We're so thankful for the donors
27:34 that made this well in Bharathy Nagar possible.
27:37 But many more need to be drilled
27:40 and more research is needed on water purification systems.
27:44 Please consider partnering with us today
27:48 to help meet both the physical and spiritual crises
27:52 that these many villages in India face.
27:56 If you would like to help provide the people in India
27:58 with abundant clear water,
28:00 please contact us at 413-7321.
28:04 You can also send your tax deductible love gift
28:06 to Jesus for Asia, PO Box 1221, Collegedale, TN 37315.
28:11 Or check out our website at Jesus4Asia. org.
28:15 God bless you
28:16 until we see you again next time
28:18 on Jesus for Asia Now.


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